Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone Unable - To Start The Change Tracking Driver

Same error.

She launched VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2, clicked "Convert Machine," entered the source credentials, and hit next. The pre-check screen looked good—enough disk space, network reachable, agent uploaded. Then she clicked "Finish." Same error

Bingo. The server had Hyper-V role installed (even though no VMs were running) and Device Guard enabled via group policy. Hyper-V and VMware’s change tracking driver cannot coexist—they fight for the same virtualization primitives. clicked "Convert Machine

A red error bubble popped up: "Unable to start the change tracking driver." " entered the source credentials

She disabled the AV real-time scanner temporarily. No change.